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.
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.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
Day of marriage January 22, 1914
The temperature on January 22, 1914 was between -6.6 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Day of death November 14, 1984
The temperature on November 14, 1984 was between 4.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 10 » Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
May 6 » One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
May 8 » The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
August 15 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
September 26 » The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
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