The temperature on October 17, 1882 was about 7.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 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.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
Day of marriage April 21, 1910
The temperature on April 21, 1910 was between 7.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
Day of death February 1, 1970
The temperature on February 1, 1970 was between -8.7 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
September 9 » A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.
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