The temperature on December 17, 1885 was about 7.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of death February 4, 1961
The temperature on February 4, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
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