The temperature on February 27, 1885 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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.
January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
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 August 1, 1912
The temperature on August 1, 1912 was between 9.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death December 8, 1950
The temperature on December 8, 1950 was between -5.0 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
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