The temperature on October 29, 1894 was about 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage January 27, 1920
The temperature on January 27, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
Day of death October 31, 1972
The temperature on October 31, 1972 was between 4.8 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 17 » Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
March 20 » The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
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