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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
Day of marriage April 28, 1927
The temperature on April 28, 1927 was between 2.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death October 30, 1970
The temperature on October 30, 1970 was between 11.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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