The temperature on June 20, 1879 was about 21.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage May 4, 1909
The temperature on May 4, 1909 was between 1.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
Day of death January 20, 1962
The temperature on January 20, 1962 was between 2.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
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