The temperature on October 19, 1887 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death August 12, 1971
The temperature on August 12, 1971 was between 11.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
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