The temperature on October 20, 1880 was about 3.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
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.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of marriage July 4, 1906
The temperature on July 4, 1906 was between 12.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death February 1, 1963
The temperature on February 1, 1963 was between -7.4 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
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