portugal participated in the first recorded moment of silence.
portugal participated in the first recorded moment of silence.
who participated in the first recorded moment of silence?
portugal
the first recorded instance of an official moment of silence dedicated to a person's death took place in portugal on february 13, 1912. the portuguese senate dedicated 10 minutes of silence to josé maria da silva paranhos júnior, baron of rio branco, brazil, and minister of the exterior of the brazilian government, who had died three days earlier on february 10. this moment of silence was registered in the senate's records of that day. in the same year, large parts of the us kept a ceremonial silence to honour the dead of the maine and the titanic.
moment of silence
playing in the first night in stadium history, #2 washington posted a victory against #12 nebraska that provided the loudest recorded moment in the history of husky stadium and would be dubbed "a night to remember."









































late in the first quarter, husky punter john werdel pinned nebraska on its three yard-line. crowd noise caused the husker linemen to false start on consecutive plays, only adding to the frenzy of the crowd.
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