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.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
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.
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.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
Day of marriage August 10, 1916
The temperature on August 10, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Day of death December 25, 1965
The temperature on December 25, 1965 was between -0.5 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
April 24 » Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
July 29 » Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
August 19 » Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
Day of burial December 29, 1965
The temperature on December 29, 1965 was between -1.1 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
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