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.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
Day of death May 8, 1970
The temperature on May 8, 1970 was between 10.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
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