The temperature on July 16, 1884 was about 18.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Day of marriage April 30, 1910
The temperature on April 30, 1910 was between 1.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of death June 26, 1941
The temperature on June 26, 1941 was between 15.9 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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