The temperature on December 20, 1885 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. 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.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
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.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Day of death September 23, 1909
The temperature on September 23, 1909 was between 10.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
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