The temperature on April 14, 1876 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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).
January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of death July 28, 1956
The temperature on July 28, 1956 was between 11.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
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