The temperature on March 2, 1885 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Day of marriage November 11, 1915
The temperature on November 11, 1915 was between 3.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death September 5, 1967
The temperature on September 5, 1967 was between 11.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
June 4 » Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
September 3 » Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
October 4 » Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
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