The temperature on December 11, 1886 was about 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Day of marriage November 16, 1932
The temperature on November 16, 1932 was between -1.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
Day of death January 28, 1958
The temperature on January 28, 1958 was between 1.2 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
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