The temperature on August 24, 1877 was about 16.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of death February 26, 1947
The temperature on February 26, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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