The temperature on October 22, 1880 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
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 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
Day of marriage May 27, 1905
The temperature on May 27, 1905 was between 7.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
Day of death January 7, 1947
The temperature on January 7, 1947 was between -12.0 °C and -7.3 °C and averaged -10.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
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