The temperature on June 22, 1882 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 60%. 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.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of marriage May 9, 1906
The temperature on May 9, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
Day of death April 29, 1952
The temperature on April 29, 1952 was between 0.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
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