The temperature on October 18, 1882 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of marriage June 4, 1908
The temperature on June 4, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
Day of death October 17, 1974
The temperature on October 17, 1974 was between -0.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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