The temperature on January 20, 1880 was about -2.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
Day of death October 16, 1946
The temperature on October 16, 1946 was between 8.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
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