The temperature on January 4, 1875 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
Day of marriage August 31, 1910
The temperature on August 31, 1910 was between 10.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
Day of death January 5, 1942
The temperature on January 5, 1942 was between -1.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Day of burial January 7, 1942
The temperature on January 7, 1942 was between -3.3 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
September 23 » World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.
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