The temperature on May 14, 1884 was about 11.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
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.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage June 30, 1904
The temperature on June 30, 1904 was between 5.8 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death March 19, 1954
The temperature on March 19, 1954 was between 1.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
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