The temperature on January 24, 1879 was about -1.6 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
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 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
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.
December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage November 19, 1903
The temperature on November 19, 1903 was between -1.8 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (16%). Source: KNMI
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death May 7, 1969
The temperature on May 7, 1969 was between 8.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 14 » USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USSEnterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
March 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
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