The temperature on October 19, 1878 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
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.
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 marriage February 20, 1901
The temperature on February 20, 1901 was between -10.3 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (82%). Source: KNMI
February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of death December 2, 1962
The temperature on December 2, 1962 was between -4.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
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