The temperature on December 18, 1885 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. 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.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Day of marriage May 10, 1912
The temperature on May 10, 1912 was between 9.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death May 14, 1960
The temperature on May 14, 1960 was between 10.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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