The temperature on March 12, 1882 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death February 15, 1961
The temperature on February 15, 1961 was between 1.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
Day of burial February 17, 1961
The temperature on February 17, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
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