The temperature on January 3, 1882 was about 8.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of marriage May 9, 1908
The temperature on May 9, 1908 was between 9.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of death November 10, 1959
The temperature on November 10, 1959 was between 2.1 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
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