The temperature on February 16, 1877 was about 7.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of death July 8, 1959
The temperature on July 8, 1959 was between 13.7 °C and 31.6 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
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