The temperature on March 27, 1879 was about -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
Day of marriage July 7, 1906
The temperature on July 7, 1906 was between 7.9 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
Day of death July 8, 1946
The temperature on July 8, 1946 was between 10.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
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