The temperature on August 18, 1881 was about 12.7 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
Day of marriage March 21, 1902
The temperature on March 21, 1902 was between 4.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). Source: KNMI
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of death October 21, 1962
The temperature on October 21, 1962 was between 6.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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