The temperature on April 13, 1876 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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).
January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
Day of death February 24, 1953
The temperature on February 24, 1953 was between 6.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
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