The temperature on July 29, 1878 was about 16.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
Day of marriage June 6, 1900
The temperature on June 6, 1900 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death February 16, 1949
The temperature on February 16, 1949 was between 4.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
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