The temperature on December 27, 1885 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 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.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
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.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
Day of marriage May 18, 1911
The temperature on May 18, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death January 22, 1944
The temperature on January 22, 1944 was between 5.3 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 22 » World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
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