The temperature on May 5, 1880 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death January 21, 1959
The temperature on January 21, 1959 was between 5.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
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