The temperature on March 18, 1876 was about 0.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Day of marriage June 23, 1899
The temperature on June 23, 1899 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death August 23, 1911
The temperature on August 23, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
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