The temperature on August 2, 1877 was about 15.6 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 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.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
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 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
Day of marriage July 4, 1907
The temperature on July 4, 1907 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of death October 23, 1957
The temperature on October 23, 1957 was between 3.7 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 9 » The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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