In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Day of marriage January 25, 1906
The temperature on January 25, 1906 was between -3.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death March 7, 1953
The temperature on March 7, 1953 was between 0.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
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