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 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
Day of marriage January 22, 1920
The temperature on January 22, 1920 was between 1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
Day of death April 11, 1971
The temperature on April 11, 1971 was between 2.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
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