The temperature on October 10, 1884 was about 7.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage November 26, 1910
The temperature on November 26, 1910 was between -5.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of death September 7, 1971
The temperature on September 7, 1971 was between 8.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
December 14 » Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
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