The temperature on January 23, 1881 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
Day of marriage May 15, 1906
The temperature on May 15, 1906 was between 6.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death June 3, 1959
The temperature on June 3, 1959 was between 5.3 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
Day of burial June 5, 1959
The temperature on June 5, 1959 was between 14.1 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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