The temperature on March 30, 1884 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of marriage April 25, 1906
The temperature on April 25, 1906 was between -3.5 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
Day of death August 16, 1958
The temperature on August 16, 1958 was between 14.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
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