The temperature on April 27, 1878 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
Day of marriage March 4, 1897
The temperature on March 4, 1897 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death August 24, 1959
The temperature on August 24, 1959 was between 15.2 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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