The temperature on June 21, 1891 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
Day of marriage May 6, 1912
The temperature on May 6, 1912 was between 7.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Day of death March 18, 1968
The temperature on March 18, 1968 was between 5.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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