The temperature on April 3, 1878 was about 6.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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.
January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage May 20, 1899
The temperature on May 20, 1899 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of death April 23, 1961
The temperature on April 23, 1961 was between 5.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
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