The temperature on December 13, 1892 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of marriage May 23, 1923
The temperature on May 23, 1923 was between 6.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
Day of death November 2, 1962
The temperature on November 2, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
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