The temperature on January 12, 1885 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of death February 11, 1950
The temperature on February 11, 1950 was between 5.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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).
January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
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