The temperature on August 15, 1884 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
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 death January 4, 1889
The temperature on January 4, 1889 was about -3.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
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