January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
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 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage April 21, 1922
The temperature on April 21, 1922 was between 1.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
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.
March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
Day of death March 8, 1958
The temperature on March 8, 1958 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
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