The temperature on February 18, 1886 was about -2.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
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.
November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of marriage November 24, 1916
The temperature on November 24, 1916 was between 4.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
Day of death October 17, 1957
The temperature on October 17, 1957 was between 7.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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