The temperature on August 8, 1885 was about 14.8 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Day of marriage February 9, 1912
The temperature on February 9, 1912 was between 7.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death August 26, 1943
The temperature on August 26, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
September 11 » World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
December 26 » World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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