The temperature on July 13, 1886 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
Day of marriage September 10, 1937
The temperature on September 10, 1937 was between 5.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death October 5, 1955
The temperature on October 5, 1955 was between 8.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
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