The temperature on July 21, 1891 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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.
March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
Day of marriage June 27, 1921
The temperature on June 27, 1921 was between 7.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
Day of death May 31, 1966
The temperature on May 31, 1966 was between 5.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
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