The temperature on July 10, 1885 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
Day of marriage April 24, 1909
The temperature on April 24, 1909 was between 6.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 19.8 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of death June 6, 1949
The temperature on June 6, 1949 was between 5.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
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