The temperature on March 2, 1884 was about 0.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 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.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage May 16, 1908
The temperature on May 16, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of death January 16, 1953
The average temperature on January 16, 1953 was 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
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