In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
Day of marriage October 11, 1912
The temperature on October 11, 1912 was between -1.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death April 13, 1966
The temperature on April 13, 1966 was between -0.6 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Day of burial April 16, 1966
The temperature on April 16, 1966 was between 1.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
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