The temperature on August 23, 1884 was about 17.9 °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 63%. 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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage April 6, 1907
The temperature on April 6, 1907 was between 3.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of death October 24, 1963
The temperature on October 24, 1963 was between 11.5 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
December 26 » The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
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