The temperature on August 15, 1881 was about 15.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
Day of marriage December 22, 1904
The temperature on December 22, 1904 was between -4.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death January 8, 1947
The temperature on January 8, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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