In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
Day of death May 12, 1962
The temperature on May 12, 1962 was between 7.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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