The temperature on February 12, 1893 was about 2.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
Day of marriage April 7, 1921
The temperature on April 7, 1921 was between 2.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death December 27, 1970
The temperature on December 27, 1970 was between -8.2 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
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