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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
Day of marriage October 2, 1900
The temperature on October 2, 1900 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death February 13, 1955
The temperature on February 13, 1955 was between -6.8 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
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