The temperature on July 28, 1881 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
Day of marriage February 27, 1908
The temperature on February 27, 1908 was between 2.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
Day of death November 16, 1943
The temperature on November 16, 1943 was between -0.9 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
Day of burial November 20, 1943
The temperature on November 20, 1943 was between -4.1 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
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