The temperature on March 3, 1881 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of death July 6, 1959
The temperature on July 6, 1959 was between 12.5 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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