The temperature on April 15, 1876 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 31%. 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.
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of death May 31, 1924
The temperature on May 31, 1924 was between 9.4 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
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