The temperature on October 2, 1877 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of death April 5, 1943
The temperature on April 5, 1943 was between 1.9 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
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