February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of marriage March 4, 1922
The temperature on March 4, 1922 was between 6.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
Day of death November 12, 1991
The temperature on November 12, 1991 was between 0.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
March 2 » Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
August 25 » Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
October 11 » Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
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