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.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Day of marriage May 26, 1923
The temperature on May 26, 1923 was between 3.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
Day of death January 19, 1978
The temperature on January 19, 1978 was between -3.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
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