February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage March 1, 1917
The temperature on March 1, 1917 was between -1.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of death January 21, 1959
The temperature on January 21, 1959 was between 5.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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