February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of marriage May 31, 1917
The temperature on May 31, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death February 11, 1977
The temperature on February 11, 1977 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
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