The temperature on August 31, 1881 was about 14.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
Day of marriage August 8, 1906
The temperature on August 8, 1906 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of death January 10, 1944
The temperature on January 10, 1944 was between 1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
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