The temperature on January 13, 1878 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage April 24, 1909
The temperature on April 24, 1909 was between 6.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 19.8 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of death August 10, 1961
The temperature on August 10, 1961 was between 10.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
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