The temperature on May 14, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of marriage June 21, 1911
The temperature on June 21, 1911 was between 11.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death March 3, 1971
The temperature on March 3, 1971 was between -6.8 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
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