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).
March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of marriage June 8, 1909
The temperature on June 8, 1909 was between 3.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of death January 8, 1912
The temperature on January 8, 1912 was between -1.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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