The temperature on October 9, 1878 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage June 20, 1904
The temperature on June 20, 1904 was between 12.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
Day of death January 6, 1954
The temperature on January 6, 1954 was between -8.2 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
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