The temperature on December 31, 1879 was about 6.9 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Day of marriage September 19, 1902
The temperature on September 19, 1902 was between 5.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). Source: KNMI
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death October 18, 1942
The temperature on October 18, 1942 was between 9.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
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