The temperature on December 3, 1882 was about -1.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
Day of death August 9, 1968
The temperature on August 9, 1968 was between 15.3 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
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