In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
Day of marriage May 19, 1922
The temperature on May 19, 1922 was between 9.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
Day of death February 21, 1944
The temperature on February 21, 1944 was between -2.9 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
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