In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of marriage May 1, 1912
The temperature on May 1, 1912 was between 0.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
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