The temperature on February 18, 1884 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 30%. 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.
March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Day of marriage September 24, 1910
The temperature on September 24, 1910 was between 8.4 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Day of death April 16, 1937
The temperature on April 16, 1937 was between 7.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
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