The temperature on May 2, 1878 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage October 5, 1895
The temperature on October 5, 1895 was about 8.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
Day of death August 15, 1969
The temperature on August 15, 1969 was between 15.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
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