The temperature on December 5, 1895 was about 9.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of marriage August 23, 1923
The temperature on August 23, 1923 was between 9.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
Day of death December 21, 1966
The temperature on December 21, 1966 was between 0.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
November 11 » NASA launches Gemini 12.
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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