The temperature on April 10, 1885 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
Day of marriage August 4, 1910
The temperature on August 4, 1910 was between 12.5 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 23.7 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
Day of death June 2, 1947
The temperature on June 2, 1947 was between 15.3 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 23.5 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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