The temperature on July 8, 1891 was about 13.3 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
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.
March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death February 7, 1961
The temperature on February 7, 1961 was between 5.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
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