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.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Day of marriage January 25, 1911
The temperature on January 25, 1911 was between 4.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Day of death November 14, 1959
The temperature on November 14, 1959 was between 4.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
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