The temperature on July 8, 1877 was about 17.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
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.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Day of marriage May 31, 1901
The temperature on May 31, 1901 was between 14.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). Source: KNMI
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of death July 10, 1952
The temperature on July 10, 1952 was between 11.2 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
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