The temperature on January 28, 1885 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of death January 29, 1940
The temperature on January 29, 1940 was between -9.1 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
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