The temperature on November 18, 1887 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of marriage February 21, 1918
The temperature on February 21, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
Day of death October 25, 1955
The temperature on October 25, 1955 was between 4.0 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
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