The temperature on June 21, 1883 was about 12.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
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.
June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
Day of marriage March 15, 1911
The temperature on March 15, 1911 was between -1.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death August 24, 1960
The temperature on August 24, 1960 was between 14.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
August 11 » Chad declares independence.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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