The temperature on August 18, 1878 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
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.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
Day of death November 19, 1963
The temperature on November 19, 1963 was between 10.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
December 14 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
Day of burial November 21, 1963
The temperature on November 21, 1963 was between 2.7 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
May 3 » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
July 22 » Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
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