The temperature on February 18, 1881 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of marriage December 7, 1908
The temperature on December 7, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
Day of death August 17, 1942
The temperature on August 17, 1942 was between 14.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
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