The temperature on February 14, 1882 was about 9.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 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.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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 February 8, 1968
The temperature on February 8, 1968 was between -0.2 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.
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