February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Day of marriage February 3, 1923
The temperature on February 3, 1923 was between 6.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of death December 31, 1985
The temperature on December 31, 1985 was between -5.8 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 5 » Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
July 19 » The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
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