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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of death February 1, 1957
The temperature on February 1, 1957 was between 9.1 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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