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.
June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
Day of marriage May 10, 1917
The temperature on May 10, 1917 was between 3.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
Day of death July 29, 1966
The temperature on July 29, 1966 was between 11.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
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