The temperature on August 21, 1883 was about 26.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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.
March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
Day of marriage October 24, 1906
The temperature on October 24, 1906 was between 5.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of death September 28, 1957
The temperature on September 28, 1957 was between 11.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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