The temperature on August 28, 1881 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Day of marriage April 11, 1907
The temperature on April 11, 1907 was between 3.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Day of death December 15, 1952
The temperature on December 15, 1952 was between -3.0 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
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