The temperature on September 20, 1877 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
Day of marriage January 30, 1909
The temperature on January 30, 1909 was between -0.8 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death April 3, 1964
The temperature on April 3, 1964 was between 2.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
August 16 » Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
December 11 » Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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