The temperature on August 10, 1883 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage September 1, 1914
The temperature on September 1, 1914 was between 11.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
Day of death April 18, 1944
The temperature on April 18, 1944 was between 2.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 23 » The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
June 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
August 20 » World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
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