The temperature on May 12, 1887 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of marriage April 20, 1927
The temperature on April 20, 1927 was between 5.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
Day of death September 15, 1967
The temperature on September 15, 1967 was between 12.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 14 » Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
August 30 » Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
October 8 » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
December 17 » Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
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