The temperature on October 11, 1878 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
Day of death February 12, 1957
The temperature on February 12, 1957 was between 5.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
Day of burial February 15, 1957
The temperature on February 15, 1957 was between -0.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
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