The temperature on December 23, 1893 was about 2.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of death November 2, 1967
The temperature on November 2, 1967 was between 6.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
May 17 » Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
November 2 » Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
December 19 » Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
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