The temperature on March 30, 1878 was about 3.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
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.
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 February 12, 1910
The temperature on February 12, 1910 was between -2.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
Day of death January 9, 1940
The temperature on January 9, 1940 was between -9.3 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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