May 01 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium

May 06 Great White Fleet anchors in San Francisco

May 24 Bristol University granted Royal Charter

May 22 The first San Fransisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched

May 01 Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario.

May 30 Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv

May 15 The birth of James Mason, British actor

May 29 Frank "Home Run" Baker's first career homerun

May 30 National Conference on the Negro is held

May 31 First NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)

May 17 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks

May 30 The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader

May 16 In North Dakota a 5.5 quake occurred, the largest historical earthquake in the state

May 07 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)

May 13 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands

Jan 09 Ernest Shackleton reaches 88º23' south

Jan 02 The first official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13 50)

Jan 16 The birth of Ethel Merman, American singer and actress

Jan 14 Coöp Far Central Management forms

Jan 16 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole

Jan 23 The first radio rescue at sea

Jan 05 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence

Jan 05 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence

Jan 02 The first official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13 50)

Jan 03 The birth of Victor Borge, Danish comedian and musician

Jan 14 The birth of Joseph Losey, American film director

Jan 28 US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time

Feb 22 Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia

Feb 28 The birth of Stephen Spender, English poet

Feb 01 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens

Feb 23 At Baddeck, Nova Scotia J. A. D. McCurdy flies the Bell designed Silver Dart at an altitude of about 10 metres for nearly one kilometre across Baddeck Bay; first airplane flight in Canada by a Canadian; first powered flight in British Empire.

Feb 21 John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London

Feb 23 Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet

Feb 08 France &Germany sign treaty about Morocco

Feb 12 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded

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