The temperature on January 23, 1881 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
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).
Day of marriage February 8, 1906
The temperature on February 8, 1906 was between -1.8 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
Day of death March 23, 1953
The temperature on March 23, 1953 was between 0.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
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