The temperature on October 2, 1885 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Day of death September 29, 1962
The temperature on September 29, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
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