The temperature on September 21, 1885 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Day of death September 13, 1969
The temperature on September 13, 1969 was between 13.5 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
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