The temperature on October 20, 1880 was about 3.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of marriage October 18, 1899
The temperature on October 18, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
Day of death November 17, 1955
The temperature on November 17, 1955 was between -1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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