The temperature on June 22, 1877 was about 15.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
Day of marriage May 31, 1904
The temperature on May 31, 1904 was between 10.7 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of death April 20, 1954
The temperature on April 20, 1954 was between 1.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
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