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.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage May 4, 1901
The temperature on May 4, 1901 was between 5.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). Source: KNMI
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death December 26, 1957
The temperature on December 26, 1957 was between 3.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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