The temperature on December 7, 1884 was about 8.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-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.
March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of death September 13, 1962
The temperature on September 13, 1962 was between 4.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
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