The temperature on June 17, 1884 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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.
April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
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 marriage April 9, 1910
The temperature on April 9, 1910 was between 1.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
Day of death October 1, 1964
The temperature on October 1, 1964 was between 5.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
December 5 » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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