The temperature on July 12, 1876 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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).
February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
Day of marriage May 15, 1902
The temperature on May 15, 1902 was between 0.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). Source: KNMI
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
Day of death December 5, 1954
The temperature on December 5, 1954 was between 1.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Day of burial December 9, 1954
The temperature on December 9, 1954 was between 4.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
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