From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
January 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
Day of death May 17, 1948
The temperature on May 17, 1948 was between 11.7 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
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