The temperature on October 9, 1894 was about 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death November 18, 1943
The temperature on November 18, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
November 28 » World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
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