The temperature on September 27, 1882 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
Day of marriage January 8, 1909
The temperature on January 8, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Day of death June 6, 1918
The temperature on June 6, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
October 11 » The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of burial June 8, 1918
The temperature on June 8, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
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