The temperature on July 7, 1880 was about 14.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
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.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage July 18, 1901
The temperature on July 18, 1901 was between 12.4 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). Source: KNMI
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death January 3, 1962
The temperature on January 3, 1962 was between -6.2 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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