The temperature on August 22, 1884 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Day of marriage June 8, 1907
The temperature on June 8, 1907 was between 8.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
Day of death June 28, 1963
The temperature on June 28, 1963 was between 10.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
August 28 » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.
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