The temperature on February 17, 1886 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
Day of marriage May 7, 1912
The temperature on May 7, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of death August 31, 1960
The temperature on August 31, 1960 was between 12.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
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