March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of marriage May 16, 1912
The temperature on May 16, 1912 was between 5.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death December 24, 1957
The temperature on December 24, 1957 was between 4.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
March 9 » The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
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