March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Christening day April 3, 1927
The temperature on April 3, 1927 was between 4.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of marriage September 21, 1935
The temperature on September 21, 1935 was between 10.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death May 29, 1961
The temperature on May 29, 1961 was between 1.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
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