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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
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.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of death January 4, 1947
The temperature on January 4, 1947 was between -4.7 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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