The temperature on January 2, 1894 was about -2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage June 9, 1917
The temperature on June 9, 1917 was between 15.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
Day of death January 8, 1986
The temperature on January 8, 1986 was between -3.8 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 19 » Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
April 25 » Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
May 7 » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
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