The temperature on February 19, 1882 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
Day of marriage September 29, 1908
The temperature on September 29, 1908 was between 13.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of death May 31, 1963
The temperature on May 31, 1963 was between 13.4 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
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