The temperature on September 22, 1878 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
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 December 17, 1903
The temperature on December 17, 1903 was between 0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death August 24, 1947
The temperature on August 24, 1947 was between 11.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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