The temperature on January 28, 1884 was about 5.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of death May 1, 1967
The temperature on May 1, 1967 was between 2.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 30 » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
October 27 » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
Day of burial May 5, 1967
The temperature on May 5, 1967 was between 9.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
June 10 » The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
June 23 » Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
July 29 » Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USSForrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
September 3 » Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
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