The temperature on June 19, 1884 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of marriage May 8, 1917
The temperature on May 8, 1917 was between 2.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of death March 22, 1970
The temperature on March 22, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
March 10 » Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
November 1 » Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
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