The temperature on January 7, 1884 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. 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.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Day of death March 17, 1978
The temperature on March 17, 1978 was between -0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
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