The temperature on January 6, 1886 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 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 94%. 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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of marriage June 1, 1911
The temperature on June 1, 1911 was between 12.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Day of death November 9, 1959
The temperature on November 9, 1959 was between -1.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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