The temperature on February 9, 1879 was about 7.7 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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.
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.
February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of marriage May 24, 1912
The temperature on May 24, 1912 was between 7.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death May 27, 1959
The temperature on May 27, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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