The temperature on April 16, 1886 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
Day of marriage October 8, 1913
The temperature on October 8, 1913 was between 9.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
Day of death April 13, 1952
The temperature on April 13, 1952 was between 9.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
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