The temperature on September 23, 1885 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of death May 12, 1954
The temperature on May 12, 1954 was between 13.0 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
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