The temperature on January 29, 1886 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of marriage November 18, 1911
The temperature on November 18, 1911 was between 5.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of death November 18, 1955
The temperature on November 18, 1955 was between -0.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
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