The temperature on December 15, 1887 was about 6.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of marriage November 18, 1908
The temperature on November 18, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
Day of death January 5, 1969
The temperature on January 5, 1969 was between -2.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
December 9 » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
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