The temperature on January 13, 1881 was about -3.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of death August 31, 1958
The temperature on August 31, 1958 was between 18.4 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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