The temperature on December 28, 1877 was about 1.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
Day of marriage February 3, 1909
The temperature on February 3, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death August 15, 1911
The temperature on August 15, 1911 was between 14.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
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