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 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
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.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death July 28, 1970
The temperature on July 28, 1970 was between 14.3 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
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