The temperature on February 18, 1893 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
Day of marriage April 15, 1922
The temperature on April 15, 1922 was between 9.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
Day of death August 27, 1968
The temperature on August 27, 1968 was between 15.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
October 14 » The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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