The temperature on May 13, 1879 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
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.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of marriage January 31, 1902
The temperature on January 31, 1902 was between -1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (22%). 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.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
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.
Day of death January 31, 1954
The temperature on January 31, 1954 was between -12.1 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
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