The temperature on January 27, 1875 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 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).
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Day of death March 29, 1960
The temperature on March 29, 1960 was between 4.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
October 29 » In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
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