The temperature on April 4, 1879 was about 3.2 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. 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 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.
February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
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.
December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage May 11, 1903
The temperature on May 11, 1903 was between 5.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). Source: KNMI
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death November 3, 1955
The temperature on November 3, 1955 was between 2.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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