The temperature on May 25, 1879 was about 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
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 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage March 24, 1910
The temperature on March 24, 1910 was between 3.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Day of death June 21, 1943
The temperature on June 21, 1943 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
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