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 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
Day of marriage December 4, 1912
The temperature on December 4, 1912 was between 2.0 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death November 17, 1967
The temperature on November 17, 1967 was between -2.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 7 » The Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesia's provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia.
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
June 9 » Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
November 30 » Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
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