In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
Day of marriage August 30, 1905
The temperature on August 30, 1905 was between 12.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
Day of death January 18, 1952
The temperature on January 18, 1952 was between 0.5 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Day of burial January 21, 1952
The temperature on January 21, 1952 was between 1.2 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
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