January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
Day of death February 24, 1957
The temperature on February 24, 1957 was between 0.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
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