The temperature on November 22, 1885 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of marriage October 21, 1911
The temperature on October 21, 1911 was between 8.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Day of death May 13, 1962
The temperature on May 13, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
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