The temperature on December 23, 1885 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
Day of marriage November 5, 1924
The temperature on November 5, 1924 was between -2.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
Day of death April 7, 1975
The temperature on April 7, 1975 was between -1.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
April 4 » Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
September 4 » The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
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