The temperature on May 6, 1881 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
Day of marriage May 12, 1909
The temperature on May 12, 1909 was between 5.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of death July 27, 1960
The temperature on July 27, 1960 was between 9.8 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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