The temperature on February 6, 1890 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
Day of marriage June 7, 1922
The temperature on June 7, 1922 was between 7.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
Day of death May 13, 1962
The temperature on May 13, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
Day of burial May 16, 1962
The temperature on May 16, 1962 was between 2.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
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