The temperature on April 5, 1887 was about 8.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
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 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
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.
Day of marriage December 28, 1906
The temperature on December 28, 1906 was between -7.0 °C and -1.0 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death November 16, 1947
The temperature on November 16, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
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