May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of marriage October 18, 1924
The temperature on October 18, 1924 was between 0.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Day of death February 20, 1964
The temperature on February 20, 1964 was between -8.9 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -4.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
September 27 » The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
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