The temperature on December 28, 1879 was about 3.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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.
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 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
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 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Day of marriage August 16, 1904
The temperature on August 16, 1904 was between 10.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
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 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death January 9, 1955
The temperature on January 9, 1955 was between -4.1 °C and -3.1 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
Day of burial January 12, 1955
The temperature on January 12, 1955 was between -4 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
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