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.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
Day of marriage October 28, 1916
The temperature on October 28, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
Day of death January 2, 1973
The temperature on January 2, 1973 was between -1.0 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
April 4 » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
October 21 » Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
December 17 » Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.
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