The temperature on April 9, 1879 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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.
December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Day of marriage August 10, 1912
The temperature on August 10, 1912 was between 7.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
Day of death November 21, 1956
The temperature on November 21, 1956 was between -4.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
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