The temperature on August 10, 1881 was about 14.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
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).
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of marriage September 15, 1914
The temperature on September 15, 1914 was between 9.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death June 3, 1959
The temperature on June 3, 1959 was between 5.3 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
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