The temperature on December 4, 1885 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of death March 3, 1967
The temperature on March 3, 1967 was between 5.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
May 13 » Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
September 1 » The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
September 10 » The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
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