The temperature on June 30, 1876 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Day of death June 16, 1962
The temperature on June 16, 1962 was between 12.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
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