The temperature on January 16, 1881 was about -5.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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.
February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of death December 19, 1962
The temperature on December 19, 1962 was between -0.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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