The temperature on June 10, 1881 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of death January 11, 1947
The temperature on January 11, 1947 was between 0.5 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
Day of burial January 16, 1947
The temperature on January 16, 1947 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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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