March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of marriage October 17, 1914
The temperature on October 17, 1914 was between 6.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
Day of death September 22, 1978
The temperature on September 22, 1978 was between 12.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
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