The temperature on June 21, 1891 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
Day of death September 21, 1957
The temperature on September 21, 1957 was between 9.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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