The temperature on January 26, 1884 was about 8.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
Day of marriage May 16, 1903
The temperature on May 16, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). Source: KNMI
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
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