The temperature on August 26, 1886 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of marriage May 1, 1946
The temperature on May 1, 1946 was between 8.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Day of death October 24, 1958
The temperature on October 24, 1958 was between 10.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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