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.
January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
Day of death October 21, 1953
The temperature on October 21, 1953 was between 12.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
Day of burial October 23, 1953
The temperature on October 23, 1953 was between 11.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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