The temperature on June 1, 1879 was about 12.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
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.
May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
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 marriage March 26, 1911
The temperature on March 26, 1911 was between 0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death June 24, 1954
The temperature on June 24, 1954 was between 8.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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