February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
Day of marriage February 9, 1918
The temperature on February 9, 1918 was between 6.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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.
May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
Day of death October 28, 1957
The temperature on October 28, 1957 was between 8.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
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