The temperature on January 17, 1882 was about -2.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 79 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.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
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.
July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
Day of marriage January 27, 1912
The temperature on January 27, 1912 was between -5.8 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death September 20, 1954
The temperature on September 20, 1954 was between 10.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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