The temperature on January 17, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
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.
March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Day of marriage January 17, 1912
The temperature on January 17, 1912 was between -9.3 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Day of death October 19, 1958
The temperature on October 19, 1958 was between 4.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
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