The temperature on February 3, 1878 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
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.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage March 31, 1900
The temperature on March 31, 1900 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
Day of death August 9, 1954
The temperature on August 9, 1954 was between 9.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
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