The temperature on March 30, 1879 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
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.
January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Day of marriage May 18, 1910
The temperature on May 18, 1910 was between 12.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
Day of death April 22, 1955
The temperature on April 22, 1955 was between 0.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
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