The temperature on October 18, 1883 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage February 11, 1910
The temperature on February 11, 1910 was between 2.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Day of death March 14, 1962
The temperature on March 14, 1962 was between -9.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
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