The temperature on October 27, 1884 was about 7.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
Day of marriage May 17, 1926
The temperature on May 17, 1926 was between 2.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death April 8, 1962
The temperature on April 8, 1962 was between 3.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 13.6 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
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