The temperature on December 5, 1884 was about 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of marriage August 2, 1911
The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.7 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of death May 12, 1943
The temperature on May 12, 1943 was between 9.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
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