The temperature on April 7, 1887 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death August 26, 1971
The temperature on August 26, 1971 was between 7.6 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
January 25 » Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
August 22 » J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
Day of burial August 30, 1971
The temperature on August 30, 1971 was between 12.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
February 11 » Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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