The temperature on November 20, 1893 was about 3.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
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.
Christening day November 23, 1893
The temperature on November 23, 1893 was about 1.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of death September 23, 1992
The temperature on September 23, 1992 was between 10.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 7 » The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
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