Apr 05 England out for 849 vs West Indies Kingston, Sandham out for 325

Apr 03 The birth of Helmut Kohl, German chancellor (reunited Germany)

Apr 01 Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies

Apr 30 Radio telephone service begins between Australia and England.

Apr 04 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)

Apr 08 Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies

Apr 23 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1225 Ariane & #1267 Geertruida

Apr 17 Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR

Apr 22 US, Britain & Japan agree to reduce naval forces

Apr 22 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1226 Golia

Apr 03 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Apr 10 Synthetic rubber first produced

Apr 21 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320

Apr 29 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1268 Libya

Apr 19 Clarence DeMar wins his 7th Boston Marathon

Apr 02 NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda for the first time

Apr 04 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century

Apr 24 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1165 Imprinetta

Nov 02 Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty

Nov 09 The first nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama

Nov 15 The birth of J.G Ballard, American novelist

Nov 03 The Detroit-Windsor traffic tunnel opens lining the Canadian and American cities

Nov 25 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)

Nov 03 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America

Nov 24 The first woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, NY to CA), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days

Sep 08 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew

Sep 14 After stormtroopers terrorize political opponents, Nazi seats in Reichstag rise from 12 to 107.

Sep 23 The birth of Ray Charles, American singer

Sep 08 The first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie"

Sep 18 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup

Sep 29 The final section of the 3'6" gauge railway on Prince Edward Island is converted to standard gauge. The conversion work on the island had started in 1919.

Sep 27 Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf

Sep 03 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

Sep 11 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles

Sep 21 Johann Ostermeyer patents the flashbulb

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