The temperature on August 21, 1887 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 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 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of marriage May 20, 1925
The temperature on May 20, 1925 was between 11.7 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
Day of death January 28, 1968
The temperature on January 28, 1968 was between -0.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
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