The temperature on November 27, 1881 was about 9.7 °C. There was 4 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 87%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
Day of death May 21, 1963
The temperature on May 21, 1963 was between 8.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 15.1 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
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