The temperature on January 1, 1884 was about -2.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage January 25, 1911
The temperature on January 25, 1911 was between 3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of death February 3, 1958
The temperature on February 3, 1958 was between 0.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
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