The temperature on February 3, 1885 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of marriage November 22, 1911
The temperature on November 22, 1911 was between -2.3 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
Day of death February 4, 1961
The temperature on February 4, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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