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.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
Day of marriage May 19, 1927
The temperature on May 19, 1927 was between 2.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Day of death October 3, 1959
The temperature on October 3, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
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