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.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
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
April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
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