The temperature on January 17, 1876 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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).
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.
May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
Day of marriage April 16, 1909
The temperature on April 16, 1909 was between 0.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death October 20, 1948
The temperature on October 20, 1948 was between 4.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
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