The temperature on April 29, 1882 was about 9.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
Day of death February 23, 1937
The temperature on February 23, 1937 was between 0.8 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
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