The temperature on January 22, 1884 was about 7.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Day of death October 22, 1962
The temperature on October 22, 1962 was between 4.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
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