The temperature on January 10, 1892 was about -1.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
Day of death February 15, 1962
The temperature on February 15, 1962 was between -1.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
March 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
Day of burial February 19, 1962
The temperature on February 19, 1962 was between 5.0 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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