The temperature on December 2, 1881 was about 6.8 °C. There was 4 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 97%. 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.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of marriage May 18, 1911
The temperature on May 18, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Day of death December 19, 1954
The temperature on December 19, 1954 was between 4.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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