January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
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).
February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of marriage January 29, 1920
The temperature on January 29, 1920 was between 3.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
Day of death September 28, 1955
The temperature on September 28, 1955 was between 7.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
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