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.
March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
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.
April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
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.
March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
August 10 » The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
October 5 » After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
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