In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
Day of marriage April 6, 1900
The temperature on April 6, 1900 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death July 5, 1968
The temperature on July 5, 1968 was between 12.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
Day of burial July 7, 1968
The temperature on July 7, 1968 was between 10.0 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
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