In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
Day of marriage August 17, 1920
The temperature on August 17, 1920 was between 7.6 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
Day of death May 24, 1956
The temperature on May 24, 1956 was between 6.6 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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