The temperature on January 12, 1879 was about -1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Day of marriage May 4, 1911
The temperature on May 4, 1911 was between 4.0 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
Day of death December 10, 1952
The temperature on December 10, 1952 was between -3.6 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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