The temperature on February 22, 1884 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of death November 16, 1935
The temperature on November 16, 1935 was between 6.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
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