The temperature on September 28, 1885 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
Day of death January 5, 1970
The temperature on January 5, 1970 was between -7.4 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
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