The temperature on May 22, 1882 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
Day of marriage August 1, 1906
The temperature on August 1, 1906 was between 11.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death December 28, 1960
The temperature on December 28, 1960 was between -1.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
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