The temperature on February 19, 1884 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
Day of death October 8, 1911
The temperature on October 8, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
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