The temperature on August 7, 1875 was about 27.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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).
January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
Day of marriage September 7, 1921
The temperature on September 7, 1921 was between 4.8 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death January 20, 1959
The temperature on January 20, 1959 was between 5.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
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