January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death February 23, 1952
The temperature on February 23, 1952 was between -2.5 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
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