The temperature on September 2, 1874 was about 20.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
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).
May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
Day of marriage January 31, 1900
The temperature on January 31, 1900 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death December 15, 1927
The temperature on December 15, 1927 was between -7.6 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
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