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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of marriage August 28, 1912
The temperature on August 28, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of death February 10, 1961
The temperature on February 10, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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