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.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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.
Day of marriage October 24, 1914
The temperature on October 24, 1914 was between 6.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
Day of death April 16, 1990
The temperature on April 16, 1990 was between 3.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 21 » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
September 30 » The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
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