January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
Day of marriage August 26, 1927
The temperature on August 26, 1927 was between 9.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of death August 17, 1990
The temperature on August 17, 1990 was between 10.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
January 10 » Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
October 28 » Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
Day of burial August 21, 1990
The temperature on August 21, 1990 was between 10.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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