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 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
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.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
Day of marriage May 17, 1919
The temperature on May 17, 1919 was between 6.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
Day of death January 4, 1966
The temperature on January 4, 1966 was between -3.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
February 3 » The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
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