The temperature on August 9, 1894 was about 15.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Day of marriage November 3, 1920
The temperature on November 3, 1920 was between -2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
Day of death November 12, 1959
The temperature on November 12, 1959 was between 0.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
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