April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of marriage June 15, 1916
The temperature on June 15, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). 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.
January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
Day of death September 11, 1961
The temperature on September 11, 1961 was between 10.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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