The temperature on July 2, 1885 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of marriage August 20, 1912
The temperature on August 20, 1912 was between 9.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
Day of death December 15, 1963
The temperature on December 15, 1963 was between -12.0 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 5 » American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
May 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
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