The temperature on September 27, 1887 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 35 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of marriage March 7, 1912
The temperature on March 7, 1912 was between 2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death December 11, 1985
The temperature on December 11, 1985 was between -0.8 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
July 19 » The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
November 15 » A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
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