February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
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.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death August 3, 1974
The temperature on August 3, 1974 was between 5.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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