The temperature on July 12, 1895 was about 14.2 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of death April 7, 1968
The temperature on April 7, 1968 was between -3.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
March 28 » Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
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