July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage May 1, 1912
The temperature on May 1, 1912 was between 1.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death April 20, 1961
The temperature on April 20, 1961 was between 8.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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