The temperature on January 12, 1884 was about 3.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage March 7, 1914
The temperature on March 7, 1914 was between 4.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death October 24, 1941
The temperature on October 24, 1941 was between 1.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
June 5 » World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
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