The temperature on May 18, 1892 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of marriage August 27, 1914
The temperature on August 27, 1914 was between 12.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
Day of death January 9, 1954
The average temperature on January 9, 1954 was 2.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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