The temperature on March 24, 1891 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of marriage March 21, 1917
The temperature on March 21, 1917 was between -1.5 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death November 21, 1956
The temperature on November 21, 1956 was between -4.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
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