June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage November 15, 1955
The temperature on November 15, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
Day of death December 24, 1990
The temperature on December 24, 1990 was between 6.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
January 18 » Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
July 21 » Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
July 22 » Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
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