The temperature on April 10, 1876 was about 14.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Day of marriage January 23, 1903
The temperature on January 23, 1903 was between -1.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). Source: KNMI
January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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