The temperature on February 10, 1880 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage February 18, 1910
The temperature on February 18, 1910 was between 5.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
Day of death May 20, 1956
The temperature on May 20, 1956 was between 0.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
July 9 » The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
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