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.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
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.
October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
Day of marriage May 20, 1911
The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of death February 27, 1960
The temperature on February 27, 1960 was between 5.4 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
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