The temperature on January 2, 1881 was about 4.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Day of marriage May 21, 1904
The temperature on May 21, 1904 was between 4.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
Day of death November 22, 1964
The temperature on November 22, 1964 was between 8.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
June 11 » World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
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