The temperature on November 20, 1881 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
Day of marriage January 21, 1909
The temperature on January 21, 1909 was between -3.0 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
Day of death August 26, 1947
The temperature on August 26, 1947 was between 12.3 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
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