The temperature on July 27, 1885 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Day of marriage May 14, 1909
The temperature on May 14, 1909 was between -0.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
Day of death September 5, 1956
The temperature on September 5, 1956 was between 11.1 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
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