The temperature on August 28, 1887 was about 19.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
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.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
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.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of marriage May 29, 1909
The temperature on May 29, 1909 was between 8.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
Day of death June 12, 1957
The temperature on June 12, 1957 was between 6.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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