The temperature on April 11, 1878 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
Day of death July 18, 1962
The temperature on July 18, 1962 was between 8.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
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.
June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
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