The temperature on January 20, 1879 was about -2.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Day of marriage June 17, 1911
The temperature on June 17, 1911 was between 9.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death May 31, 1931
The temperature on May 31, 1931 was between 8.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
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