The temperature on March 6, 1875 was about 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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).
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
Day of marriage October 10, 1917
The temperature on October 10, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death February 24, 1948
The temperature on February 24, 1948 was between -8.3 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
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