The temperature on March 1, 1883 was about 5.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage June 8, 1914
The temperature on June 8, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death December 23, 1954
The temperature on December 23, 1954 was between 1.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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