The temperature on April 18, 1877 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
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 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
Day of marriage May 14, 1919
The temperature on May 14, 1919 was between 10.9 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
Day of death January 6, 1934
The temperature on January 6, 1934 was between -0.8 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
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