Jan 15 Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them

Jan 26 The first federal corrupt election practices law passed

Feb 13 English suffragettes storm British Parliament &60 women are arrested

Feb 25 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic

Feb 26 US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500

Feb 21 The birth of W.H Auden, English poet

Feb 11 De Master's Dutch government resigns

Feb 13 Portage la Prairie Manitoba is incorporated as a city

Feb 03 The birth of James Michener, American author

Feb 21 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)

Feb 22 Cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London

Feb 26 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)

Feb 11 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die

Apr 14 The birth of Francois Duvalier, Dictator of Haiti

Apr 09 P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona

Apr 18 Fairmont Hotel opens

Apr 29 The birth of Fred Zinneman, American director

Apr 05 A Kopff discovers asteroid #632 Pyrrha

Apr 26 Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens

Nov 15 The birth of Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Involved in the attempt on the life of Hitler

Nov 07 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico

Nov 30 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle

Nov 16 Oklahoma becomes 46th state

Nov 13 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter

Sep 26 New Zealand becomes a dominion

Sep 29 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral

Sep 25 New Zealand becomes a dominion within the British Empire

Sep 10 The birth of Fay Wray, US actress

Sep 07 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire

Jun 01 -27ø F (-33ø C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)

Jun 13 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2øF in Tamarack Calif

Jun 15 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference

Jun 09 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia

Jun 20 First Portland Rose festival

Dec 19 Explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239

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