The temperature on August 29, 1882 was about 16.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
Day of marriage May 11, 1911
The temperature on May 11, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of death April 27, 1968
The temperature on April 27, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
December 21 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
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