The temperature on March 21, 1881 was about -0.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of marriage October 2, 1908
The temperature on October 2, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
Day of death February 3, 1967
The temperature on February 3, 1967 was between 8.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
March 14 » The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 30 » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
August 14 » UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
October 27 » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
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