The temperature on May 9, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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.
January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
Day of death July 16, 1968
The temperature on July 16, 1968 was between 11.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
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.
December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
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