The temperature on August 17, 1882 was about 14.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. 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.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
Day of marriage October 29, 1907
The temperature on October 29, 1907 was between 4.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
Day of death November 7, 1960
The temperature on November 7, 1960 was between 1.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
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