The temperature on April 6, 1887 was about 3.5 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 57 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Christening day April 26, 1895
The temperature on April 26, 1895 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
Day of marriage June 2, 1911
The temperature on June 2, 1911 was between 10.2 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
Day of death November 25, 1958
The temperature on November 25, 1958 was between 2.6 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
June 17 » The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.
August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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