The temperature on January 4, 1885 was about -1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of marriage January 22, 1936
The temperature on January 22, 1936 was between 0.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
Day of death July 17, 1973
The temperature on July 17, 1973 was between 12.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 8 » A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
October 21 » Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
Day of cremation July 20, 1973
The temperature on July 20, 1973 was between 13.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
April 4 » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
November 4 » The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
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