The temperature on February 19, 1887 was about 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of marriage March 26, 1914
The temperature on March 26, 1914 was between -0.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
Day of death August 29, 1958
The temperature on August 29, 1958 was between 16.3 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.
December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
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