January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
Day of death May 19, 1941
The temperature on May 19, 1941 was between 5.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
July 26 » World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
December 16 » World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.
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