From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
Day of marriage April 5, 1890
The temperature on April 5, 1890 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of death July 7, 1955
The temperature on July 7, 1955 was between 9.1 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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