The temperature on March 7, 1876 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
Day of marriage September 8, 1949
The temperature on September 8, 1949 was between 8.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
Day of death February 8, 1953
The temperature on February 8, 1953 was between -6.5 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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