The temperature on July 3, 1881 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
Day of marriage July 16, 1902
The temperature on July 16, 1902 was between 11.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 16.0 hours of sunshine (98%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
Day of death February 24, 1956
The temperature on February 24, 1956 was between -17.4 °C and -5.7 °C and averaged -11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
July 9 » The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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