The temperature on May 8, 1881 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
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).
September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of death January 31, 1937
The temperature on January 31, 1937 was between 1.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
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