The temperature on October 24, 1886 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
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 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
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 May 2, 1914
The temperature on May 2, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death March 29, 1971
The temperature on March 29, 1971 was between -2.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
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