The temperature on May 18, 1885 was about 10.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. 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.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
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.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
Day of death March 5, 1960
The temperature on March 5, 1960 was between 2.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
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