The temperature on December 29, 1885 was about 2.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of death September 1, 1970
The temperature on September 1, 1970 was between 10.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
May 31 » The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
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