The temperature on December 19, 1879 was about -2.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
Day of marriage July 30, 1902
The temperature on July 30, 1902 was between 10.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (36%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death October 9, 1955
The temperature on October 9, 1955 was between 11.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
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