The temperature on February 13, 1879 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
Day of marriage November 11, 1905
The temperature on November 11, 1905 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
Day of death October 21, 1954
The temperature on October 21, 1954 was between 10.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
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