The temperature on March 30, 1878 was about 3.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 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.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
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.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
Day of marriage August 13, 1904
The temperature on August 13, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death January 15, 1952
The temperature on January 15, 1952 was between 2.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
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