January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
Day of marriage August 2, 1923
The temperature on August 2, 1923 was between 8.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
Day of death November 22, 1971
The temperature on November 22, 1971 was between 1.0 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
April 19 » Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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