The temperature on June 22, 1878 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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.
March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
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 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
Day of marriage April 18, 1902
The temperature on April 18, 1902 was between 3.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death November 25, 1960
The temperature on November 25, 1960 was between 8.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
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