The temperature on September 27, 1881 was about 12.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
Day of marriage March 15, 1906
The temperature on March 15, 1906 was between -2.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death July 20, 1970
The temperature on July 20, 1970 was between 10.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.
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