April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of marriage October 17, 1922
The temperature on October 17, 1922 was between 1.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
Day of death June 1, 1953
The temperature on June 1, 1953 was between 5.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
August 12 » The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
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