The temperature on July 27, 1879 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of marriage February 12, 1910
The temperature on February 12, 1910 was between -2.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Day of death December 13, 1957
The temperature on December 13, 1957 was between 1.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
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