The temperature on September 21, 1883 was about 16.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
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.
Day of death November 7, 1934
The temperature on November 7, 1934 was between 3.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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