The temperature on May 26, 1885 was about 12.0 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of death February 25, 1960
The temperature on February 25, 1960 was between 1.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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