The temperature on January 19, 1880 was about -12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage January 20, 1912
The temperature on January 20, 1912 was between -2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
Day of death October 23, 1948
The temperature on October 23, 1948 was between 8.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 1 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
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