The temperature on April 14, 1880 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of marriage April 26, 1917
The temperature on April 26, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
Day of death July 24, 1952
The temperature on July 24, 1952 was between 9.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
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