The temperature on August 27, 1886 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
Day of death April 30, 1956
The temperature on April 30, 1956 was between 3.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
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