The temperature on December 18, 1886 was about 1.0 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
Day of death November 21, 1970
The temperature on November 21, 1970 was between 1.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
October 10 » Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
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