The temperature on May 17, 1881 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
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 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
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 marriage June 18, 1904
The temperature on June 18, 1904 was between 11.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of death September 19, 1917
The temperature on September 19, 1917 was between 15.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
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