The temperature on April 9, 1876 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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).
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
Day of marriage November 2, 1896
The temperature on November 2, 1896 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of death October 12, 1956
The temperature on October 12, 1956 was between 5.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
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