The temperature on July 21, 1879 was about 12.8 °C. There was 22 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
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.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
Day of marriage January 5, 1906
The temperature on January 5, 1906 was between 2.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
Day of death March 28, 1954
The average temperature on March 28, 1954 was 6.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
Day of burial March 31, 1954
The temperature on March 31, 1954 was between 4.1 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
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