The temperature on February 21, 1887 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
Day of marriage September 26, 1912
The temperature on September 26, 1912 was between 1.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death June 8, 1950
The temperature on June 8, 1950 was between 14.7 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
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