The temperature on February 6, 1883 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
Day of marriage September 13, 1902
The temperature on September 13, 1902 was between 6.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (43%). Source: KNMI
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of death August 13, 1961
The temperature on August 13, 1961 was between 5.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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