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.
February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of marriage June 25, 1908
The temperature on June 25, 1908 was between 9.6 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
Day of death January 9, 1941
The temperature on January 9, 1941 was between -7.8 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
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