The temperature on February 24, 1879 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of death September 18, 1960
The temperature on September 18, 1960 was between 9.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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