The temperature on August 16, 1881 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
Day of marriage December 24, 1908
The temperature on December 24, 1908 was between 0.5 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
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.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of death April 9, 1956
The temperature on April 9, 1956 was between 5.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
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.
June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
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