The temperature on February 19, 1884 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
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.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage November 4, 1905
The temperature on November 4, 1905 was between 3.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
Day of death February 26, 1919
The temperature on February 26, 1919 was between -1.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
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