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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of marriage May 30, 1916
The temperature on May 30, 1916 was between 10.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
Day of death June 29, 1947
The temperature on June 29, 1947 was between 15.6 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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