January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
Day of marriage July 15, 1925
The temperature on July 15, 1925 was between 12.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
Day of death June 26, 1985
The temperature on June 26, 1985 was between 9.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
September 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
November 15 » A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
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