The temperature on January 26, 1885 was about -7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of marriage October 30, 1907
The temperature on October 30, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death January 13, 1964
The temperature on January 13, 1964 was between -5.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
April 21 » A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
November 21 » Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
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