The temperature on March 20, 1895 was about 6.4 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
Christening day October 13, 1895
The temperature on October 13, 1895 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of death July 1, 1952
The temperature on July 1, 1952 was between 13.0 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
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