The temperature on December 18, 1884 was about 5.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-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.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death March 24, 1960
The temperature on March 24, 1960 was between 2.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
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