The temperature on March 9, 1885 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of death April 25, 1948
The temperature on April 25, 1948 was between 9.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.
November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
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