The temperature on February 1, 1894 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
Day of marriage November 23, 1915
The temperature on November 23, 1915 was between -4.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
Day of death March 24, 1959
The temperature on March 24, 1959 was between 6.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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