The temperature on November 19, 1879 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
Day of marriage May 6, 1926
The temperature on May 6, 1926 was between 2.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
Day of death September 17, 1957
The temperature on September 17, 1957 was between 10.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
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