The temperature on August 15, 1881 was about 15.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of marriage January 10, 1914
The average temperature on January 10, 1914 was -1.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
Day of death February 20, 1930
The temperature on February 20, 1930 was between -2.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
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