The temperature on November 9, 1895 was about 13.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
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.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
Day of marriage August 16, 1923
The temperature on August 16, 1923 was between 8.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of death November 17, 1982
The temperature on November 17, 1982 was between 3.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 13 » Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
February 2 » Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
March 23 » Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
May 2 » Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMSConqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
September 14 » President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
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