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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
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.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of marriage May 6, 1918
The temperature on May 6, 1918 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
Day of death June 17, 1985
The temperature on June 17, 1985 was between 6.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.
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