The temperature on September 1, 1883 was about 17.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
Day of death March 19, 1962
The temperature on March 19, 1962 was between -3.7 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
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