The temperature on July 8, 1880 was about 16.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
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.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage June 25, 1926
The temperature on June 25, 1926 was between 5.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Day of death May 26, 1955
The temperature on May 26, 1955 was between 5.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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