The temperature on October 7, 1893 was about 11.7 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
Day of marriage April 9, 1921
The temperature on April 9, 1921 was between 3.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
Day of death April 20, 1974
The temperature on April 20, 1974 was between 0.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
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