The temperature on January 20, 1886 was about 0.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
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 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of death January 30, 1959
The temperature on January 30, 1959 was between -5.8 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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