The temperature on November 30, 1879 was about 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of marriage November 18, 1915
The temperature on November 18, 1915 was between -2.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
Day of death March 13, 1963
The temperature on March 13, 1963 was between 0.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
August 15 » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
October 22 » A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
November 22 » The Beatles release With the Beatles.
December 14 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
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