The temperature on February 10, 1893 was about 3.8 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of death June 13, 1955
The temperature on June 13, 1955 was between 9.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
Day of burial June 16, 1955
The temperature on June 16, 1955 was between 5.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
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