The temperature on May 28, 1887 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 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.
January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Day of marriage May 13, 1914
The temperature on May 13, 1914 was between 3.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
Day of death January 13, 1978
The temperature on January 13, 1978 was between -1.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
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