The temperature on May 24, 1882 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
Day of death October 3, 1966
The temperature on October 3, 1966 was between 13.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Day of burial October 7, 1966
The temperature on October 7, 1966 was between 9.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
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