The temperature on December 21, 1880 was about 2.7 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of marriage March 22, 1917
The temperature on March 22, 1917 was between -4.0 and 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Day of death April 25, 1957
The temperature on April 25, 1957 was between 5.1 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
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