The temperature on December 30, 1885 was about -1.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of marriage May 7, 1909
The temperature on May 7, 1909 was between 5.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death February 9, 1960
The temperature on February 9, 1960 was between -3.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
Day of burial February 13, 1960
The temperature on February 13, 1960 was between -0.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
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