March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of marriage January 19, 1916
The temperature on January 19, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
Day of death August 5, 1961
The temperature on August 5, 1961 was between 15.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
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