The temperature on February 19, 1887 was about 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
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 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Day of marriage March 6, 1912
The temperature on March 6, 1912 was between 3.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of death April 15, 1956
The temperature on April 15, 1956 was between 4.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
July 9 » The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
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