The temperature on October 2, 1884 was about 11.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
Day of marriage June 1, 1906
The temperature on June 1, 1906 was between 4.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
Day of death August 6, 1971
The temperature on August 6, 1971 was between 14.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
July 5 » The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
November 23 » Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
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