The temperature on December 2, 1882 was about -2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
Day of death March 31, 1955
The temperature on March 31, 1955 was between -4.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
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