The temperature on December 1, 1879 was about -2.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of marriage August 3, 1911
The temperature on August 3, 1911 was between 14.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death October 25, 1957
The temperature on October 25, 1957 was between 11.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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