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.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of marriage November 7, 1912
The temperature on November 7, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of death December 10, 1961
The temperature on December 10, 1961 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
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