The temperature on March 26, 1881 was about 2.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of marriage January 14, 1922
The temperature on January 14, 1922 was between -5.8 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
January 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
Day of death June 22, 1953
The temperature on June 22, 1953 was between 15.0 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
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