March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Day of marriage May 20, 1933
The temperature on May 20, 1933 was between 5.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
Day of death November 25, 1959
The temperature on November 25, 1959 was between -0.3 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
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