The temperature on February 5, 1875 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage August 2, 1905
The temperature on August 2, 1905 was between 11.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
Day of death March 25, 1953
The temperature on March 25, 1953 was between -1.0 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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