The temperature on November 5, 1879 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage August 10, 1904
The temperature on August 10, 1904 was between 9.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death December 7, 1963
The temperature on December 7, 1963 was between -5.6 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
October 22 » A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
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