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.
February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
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.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
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 magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
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
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
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