The temperature on March 3, 1879 was about 3.5 °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 90%. 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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
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 April 5, 1901
The temperature on April 5, 1901 was between -0.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). Source: KNMI
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
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 July 16, 1964
The temperature on July 16, 1964 was between 12.5 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
July 6 » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
December 24 » Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.
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