The temperature on November 15, 1878 was about 3.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage February 2, 1901
The temperature on February 2, 1901 was between -3.3 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of death June 1, 1960
The temperature on June 1, 1960 was between 6.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
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