June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
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.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage August 17, 1921
The temperature on August 17, 1921 was between 13.4 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
Day of death January 16, 1979
The temperature on January 16, 1979 was between -9.4 °C and -4.1 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
June 18 » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
Day of cremation January 19, 1979
The temperature on January 19, 1979 was between -4.9 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
September 29 » The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.
October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
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