January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of marriage November 5, 1924
The temperature on November 5, 1924 was between -2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
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.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Day of death February 6, 1969
The temperature on February 6, 1969 was between 1.8 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
Day of burial February 10, 1969
The temperature on February 10, 1969 was between -4.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
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