The temperature on October 31, 1886 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
Day of marriage January 26, 1912
The temperature on January 26, 1912 was between -1.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of death August 7, 1979
The temperature on August 7, 1979 was between 15.4 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
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