The temperature on November 8, 1879 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 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.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
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.
June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of marriage June 6, 1907
The temperature on June 6, 1907 was between 8.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
Day of death February 9, 1946
The temperature on February 9, 1946 was between 2.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 31 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
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