January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of marriage November 24, 1924
The temperature on November 24, 1924 was between -1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
Day of death August 13, 1996
The temperature on August 13, 1996 was between 16.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
June 15 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
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