The temperature on April 21, 1881 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of marriage June 2, 1906
The temperature on June 2, 1906 was between 3.6 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
Day of death March 3, 1961
The temperature on March 3, 1961 was between 1.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
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