January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of marriage May 6, 1925
The temperature on May 6, 1925 was between 4.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
Day of death August 12, 1956
The temperature on August 12, 1956 was between 10.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
Day of burial August 16, 1956
The temperature on August 16, 1956 was between 13.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
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