The temperature on May 27, 1877 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
Day of marriage January 20, 1914
The temperature on January 20, 1914 was between -7.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
Day of death August 2, 1966
The temperature on August 2, 1966 was between 11.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
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