The temperature on September 14, 1887 was about 9.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of marriage November 11, 1909
The temperature on November 11, 1909 was between 3.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
Day of death July 7, 1961
The temperature on July 7, 1961 was between 8.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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