Mar 16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meter)

Mar 24 The Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands

Mar 31 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands

Mar 15 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls

Mar 03 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami FL)

Mar 16 The birth of Jerry Lewis, American comedian

Mar 04 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office

Mar 26 ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies

Mar 26 The first lip-reading tournament held in America

Mar 06 China asks for a seat in the Security council

Mar 10 Run on Belgian banks

Mar 24 The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA

Mar 16 Robert Goddard launches the first oil and liquid oxygen powered rocket

Mar 09 Bertha Landes elected first woman mayor of Seattle

Mar 17 Dutch Calvinists oust Reverend J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3

Mar 17 Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations

Mar 16 The first man to give dreams of reaching the stars a glimpse of reality was Dr. Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts

Mar 11 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein

Mar 12 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament

Aug 13 Fidel Castro born

Aug 23 Motion picture star Rudolph Valentino dies in New York at age 31.

Aug 03 The birth of Tony Bennett, American singer

Aug 05 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for over 1 hour

Aug 06 Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system

Aug 06 Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel

Sep 09 National Broadcasting Co created by the Radio Corporation of America

Sep 25 International slavery convention signed by 20 states

Sep 18 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250

Sep 11 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu

Sep 25 Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week

Sep 11 Assassination attempt made on Italian leader Benito Mussolini fails

Sep 23 Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title

Sep 09 NBC radio, part of RCA, is incorporated.

Sep 08 Germany is admitted into the League of Nations.

Sep 16 The birth of B.B King, American Blues singer

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