In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of marriage May 20, 1915
The temperature on May 20, 1915 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death February 11, 1975
The temperature on February 11, 1975 was between -0.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 6 » Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
September 15 » The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
December 2 » Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.
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