The temperature on March 18, 1880 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
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.
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.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of marriage January 4, 1900
The temperature on January 4, 1900 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
Day of death November 9, 1937
The temperature on November 9, 1937 was between 3.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
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