In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Day of marriage May 4, 1895
The temperature on May 4, 1895 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Day of death April 24, 1961
The temperature on April 24, 1961 was between 2.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
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