The temperature on January 8, 1877 was about 12.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
Day of marriage May 26, 1899
The temperature on May 26, 1899 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death January 15, 1959
The temperature on January 15, 1959 was between -3.5 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
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