The temperature on March 1, 1892 was about 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
Day of marriage February 9, 1917
The temperature on February 9, 1917 was between -12.1 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death November 13, 1981
The temperature on November 13, 1981 was between 4.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
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