The temperature on April 21, 1892 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 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.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
Day of marriage January 14, 1918
The temperature on January 14, 1918 was between -2.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
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.
February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
Day of death December 12, 1983
The temperature on December 12, 1983 was between -6.0 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
June 13 » Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
July 1 » A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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