The temperature on January 21, 1887 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 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.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
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.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
Day of marriage May 3, 1906
The temperature on May 3, 1906 was between 7.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
Day of death November 5, 1962
The temperature on November 5, 1962 was between 3.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
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