In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
Day of death August 24, 1968
The temperature on August 24, 1968 was between 12.3 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
April 29 » The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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