The temperature on November 14, 1880 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of death May 26, 1962
The temperature on May 26, 1962 was between 7.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
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