The temperature on December 1, 1887 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of marriage January 12, 1910
The temperature on January 12, 1910 was between -0.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Day of death December 15, 1960
The temperature on December 15, 1960 was between -1.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
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