The temperature on August 8, 1881 was about 20.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
Day of death June 7, 1963
The temperature on June 7, 1963 was between 9.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
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