The temperature on August 5, 1875 was about 19.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Day of marriage August 3, 1896
The temperature on August 3, 1896 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Day of death June 1, 1922
The temperature on June 1, 1922 was between 11.2 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
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