The temperature on May 29, 1885 was about 12.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of death July 21, 1942
The temperature on July 21, 1942 was between 12.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
February 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
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