The temperature on February 14, 1885 was about 5.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
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.
December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of death May 19, 1954
The temperature on May 19, 1954 was between 7.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
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