The temperature on December 29, 1880 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
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.
Day of marriage November 19, 1903
The temperature on November 19, 1903 was between -1.8 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (16%). Source: KNMI
February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
Day of death March 3, 1966
The temperature on March 3, 1966 was between 6.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
November 8 » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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