The temperature on October 21, 1894 was about 8.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of marriage September 16, 1926
The temperature on September 16, 1926 was between 7.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of death May 17, 1987
The temperature on May 17, 1987 was between 2.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
November 1 » British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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