The temperature on June 6, 1881 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of marriage April 6, 1905
The temperature on April 6, 1905 was between -0.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
Day of death January 27, 1968
The temperature on January 27, 1968 was between 5.0 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
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