January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of marriage April 21, 1923
The temperature on April 21, 1923 was between 3.5 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
Day of death May 6, 1959
The temperature on May 6, 1959 was between 2.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
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