The temperature on October 20, 1878 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
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.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
Day of death March 6, 1911
The temperature on March 6, 1911 was between -0.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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