The temperature on February 18, 1885 was about 1.7 °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 89%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of death September 9, 1945
The temperature on September 9, 1945 was between 9.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
February 14 » World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
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