The temperature on December 30, 1885 was about -1.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
Day of marriage May 25, 1907
The temperature on May 25, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
Day of death October 1, 1956
The temperature on October 1, 1956 was between 12.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
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