The temperature on November 21, 1885 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Day of marriage May 3, 1909
The temperature on May 3, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death September 10, 1970
The temperature on September 10, 1970 was between 11.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
September 9 » A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
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