The temperature on March 7, 1879 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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.
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 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Day of marriage August 8, 1901
The temperature on August 8, 1901 was between 15.9 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). Source: KNMI
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of death July 15, 1954
The temperature on July 15, 1954 was between 10.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
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