The temperature on August 8, 1880 was about 14.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death May 2, 1960
The temperature on May 2, 1960 was between -0.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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