In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
Day of marriage July 26, 1904
The temperature on July 26, 1904 was between 12.4 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of death February 8, 1962
The average temperature on February 8, 1962 was 4.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
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