The temperature on April 2, 1882 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
Day of death February 3, 1962
The temperature on February 3, 1962 was between -2.9 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
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