The temperature on December 11, 1880 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
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.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of marriage January 3, 1903
The temperature on January 3, 1903 was between 4.8 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). Source: KNMI
June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death August 29, 1963
The temperature on August 29, 1963 was between 6.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
November 23 » The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first episode of the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
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