The temperature on March 23, 1891 was about -0.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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.
January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death October 5, 1968
The temperature on October 5, 1968 was between 10.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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