The temperature on April 13, 1884 was about 9.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Day of death May 30, 1958
The temperature on May 30, 1958 was between 9.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.
Day of burial June 4, 1958
The temperature on June 4, 1958 was between 8.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
June 17 » The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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