The temperature on October 21, 1878 was about 14.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
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.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
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 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
Day of death December 1, 1963
The temperature on December 1, 1963 was between 2.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 27 » The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
Day of burial December 4, 1963
The temperature on December 4, 1963 was between -2.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio.
May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
July 26 » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
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