January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage May 4, 1923
The temperature on May 4, 1923 was between 8.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (83%). 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.
January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
Day of death November 19, 1970
The temperature on November 19, 1970 was between 5.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.
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