In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
Day of death December 3, 1956
The temperature on December 3, 1956 was between 8.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
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