The temperature on February 8, 1880 was about 2.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death August 6, 1953
The temperature on August 6, 1953 was between 9.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
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