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.
June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of death September 11, 1959
The temperature on September 11, 1959 was between 12.3 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
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