The temperature on April 4, 1887 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
Day of marriage June 5, 1909
The temperature on June 5, 1909 was between 6.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of death May 6, 1971
The temperature on May 6, 1971 was between 7.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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