The temperature on August 20, 1881 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of death January 13, 1963
The temperature on January 13, 1963 was between -15.2 °C and -2.7 °C and averaged -8.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
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