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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
Day of marriage February 28, 1908
The temperature on February 28, 1908 was between 0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Day of death May 31, 1957
The temperature on May 31, 1957 was between 5.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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