January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of marriage February 16, 1921
The temperature on February 16, 1921 was between 2.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
Day of death July 26, 1973
The temperature on July 26, 1973 was between 12.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
June 28 » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
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