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Day of marriage January 9, 1878

• The temperature on January 9, 1878 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
  • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
  • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Day of death November 25, 1932

• The temperature on November 25, 1932 was between 5.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
  • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
  • September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1920 » Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 » Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)