The temperature on August 6, 1881 was about 22.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
Day of marriage September 15, 1910
The temperature on September 15, 1910 was between 11.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
Day of death December 26, 1974
The temperature on December 26, 1974 was between 8.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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