The temperature on November 5, 1885 was about 5.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
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 April 15, 1914
The temperature on April 15, 1914 was between 3.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Day of death April 5, 1954
The temperature on April 5, 1954 was between 1.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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