The temperature on November 29, 1884 was about 4.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Day of marriage August 25, 1910
The temperature on August 25, 1910 was between 13.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of death January 5, 1985
The temperature on January 5, 1985 was between -14.4 °C and -4.8 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
February 19 » Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
September 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
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