The temperature on August 3, 1875 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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).
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
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 death March 13, 1958
The temperature on March 13, 1958 was between -1.8 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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