The temperature on January 1, 1894 was about 2.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
Day of death June 9, 1947
The temperature on June 9, 1947 was between 9.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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