The temperature on July 29, 1881 was about 17.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
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.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of marriage May 5, 1911
The temperature on May 5, 1911 was between -0.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death November 15, 1971
The temperature on November 15, 1971 was between 4.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
May 27 » The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
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