The temperature on February 17, 1884 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
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 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Day of marriage December 8, 1906
The temperature on December 8, 1906 was between -3.8 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
Day of death February 18, 1968
The temperature on February 18, 1968 was between -2.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
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