The temperature on May 24, 1884 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
Day of death July 16, 1967
The temperature on July 16, 1967 was between 10.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
August 8 » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
November 22 » UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
December 19 » Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
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