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 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of death February 20, 1962
The temperature on February 20, 1962 was between 3.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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