The temperature on October 15, 1887 was about 6.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of marriage March 27, 1909
The temperature on March 27, 1909 was between 0.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death March 3, 1971
The temperature on March 3, 1971 was between -6.8 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
April 19 » Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
May 30 » Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
August 22 » J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
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