The temperature on March 4, 1894 was about 3.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Day of marriage June 9, 1922
The temperature on June 9, 1922 was between 13.7 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
Day of death July 3, 1990
The temperature on July 3, 1990 was between 7.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 20 » Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
May 1 » The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.
May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
August 23 » West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
September 12 » The Red Cross organizations of mainland China and Taiwan sign Kinmen Agreement on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in Kinmen, Fujian Province in response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It is the first agreement reached by private organizations across the Taiwan Strait.
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