In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
Day of death August 22, 1954
The temperature on August 22, 1954 was between 11.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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