The temperature on November 30, 1891 was about 3.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
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).
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
Day of death May 1, 1985
The temperature on May 1, 1985 was between 5.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
May 13 » Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
August 22 » British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
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