The temperature on May 3, 1892 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
Day of marriage August 24, 1922
The temperature on August 24, 1922 was between 8.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 8 » United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.
March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
Day of death June 29, 1984
The temperature on June 29, 1984 was between 7.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
May 6 » One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
May 8 » The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
August 1 » Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
December 23 » After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
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