February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
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.
March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
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
February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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