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 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
Day of death August 8, 1960
The temperature on August 8, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
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