The temperature on August 17, 1886 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of marriage May 4, 1916
The temperature on May 4, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
Day of death November 22, 1961
The temperature on November 22, 1961 was between -1.0 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
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