The temperature on April 13, 1879 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
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.
July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
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).
Day of marriage June 2, 1927
The temperature on June 2, 1927 was between 10.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
Day of death December 26, 1954
The temperature on December 26, 1954 was between 7.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
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