The temperature on February 20, 1887 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 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 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
Day of death December 9, 1963
The temperature on December 9, 1963 was between -4.7 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
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