The temperature on February 25, 1877 was about 6.4 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of marriage November 25, 1901
The temperature on November 25, 1901 was between 1.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). Source: KNMI
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of death May 4, 1948
The temperature on May 4, 1948 was between 1.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
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