The temperature on January 15, 1878 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
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.
July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
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 August 30, 1905
The temperature on August 30, 1905 was between 12.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
Day of death January 7, 1959
The temperature on January 7, 1959 was between 1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
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