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.
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.
January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage July 14, 1911
The temperature on July 14, 1911 was between 14.2 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
Day of death July 11, 1957
The temperature on July 11, 1957 was between 12.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
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