The temperature on September 11, 1876 was about 14.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of death June 11, 1966
The temperature on June 11, 1966 was between 17.0 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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