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.
January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of death January 3, 1941
The temperature on January 3, 1941 was between -6.9 °C and -5.4 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
September 22 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
September 27 » The SSPatrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
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