The temperature on May 16, 1883 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage December 30, 1913
The temperature on December 30, 1913 was between -1.3 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
Day of death March 15, 1963
The temperature on March 15, 1963 was between 4.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
June 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
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