The temperature on July 25, 1881 was about 19.9 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 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.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of marriage October 18, 1906
The temperature on October 18, 1906 was between 7.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
Day of death April 7, 1942
The temperature on April 7, 1942 was between 7.9 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 11 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.
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