The temperature on July 10, 1881 was about 15.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Day of marriage May 12, 1906
The temperature on May 12, 1906 was between 7.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
Day of death November 30, 1942
The temperature on November 30, 1942 was between -0.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
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