The temperature on October 21, 1881 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
Day of death August 9, 1950
The temperature on August 9, 1950 was between 15.6 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
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