The temperature on May 16, 1881 was about 12.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
Day of marriage May 7, 1906
The temperature on May 7, 1906 was between 7.0 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
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