The temperature on December 31, 1891 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
Day of marriage May 7, 1917
The temperature on May 7, 1917 was between -0.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death March 8, 1969
The temperature on March 8, 1969 was between -5.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
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