The temperature on January 23, 1885 was about -3.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
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.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of marriage March 24, 1911
The temperature on March 24, 1911 was between 0.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Day of death March 1, 1956
The temperature on March 1, 1956 was between 3.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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