May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage January 29, 1920
The temperature on January 29, 1920 was between 3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
Day of death January 28, 1978
The temperature on January 28, 1978 was between 2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
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