The temperature on February 1, 1875 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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).
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of death July 31, 1960
The temperature on July 31, 1960 was between 14.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
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