The temperature on November 15, 1884 was about -2.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage September 19, 1904
The temperature on September 19, 1904 was between 4.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
Day of death January 31, 1953
The temperature on January 31, 1953 was between 2.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 15.2 mm of rain during 13.5 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
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