The temperature on November 12, 1882 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of marriage March 11, 1915
The temperature on March 11, 1915 was between 1.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of death May 12, 1960
The temperature on May 12, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
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