The temperature on September 10, 1883 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of death August 13, 1947
The temperature on August 13, 1947 was between 12.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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