The temperature on November 18, 1892 was about 8.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death August 31, 1958
The temperature on August 31, 1958 was between 18.4 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
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