From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Day of marriage November 6, 1905
The temperature on November 6, 1905 was between 4.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
September 8 » The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
Day of death January 12, 1974
The temperature on January 12, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
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