The temperature on May 3, 1884 was about 8.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
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 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
Day of marriage September 16, 1926
The temperature on September 16, 1926 was between 8.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death September 6, 1962
The temperature on September 6, 1962 was between 11.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
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