The temperature on February 20, 1878 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
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.
Day of marriage May 13, 1899
The temperature on May 13, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
Day of death November 27, 1965
The average temperature on November 27, 1965 was 2.4 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
Day of burial December 1, 1965
The temperature on December 1, 1965 was between 2.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
September 22 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
December 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
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