The temperature on October 25, 1877 was about 7.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 74 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of marriage August 3, 1905
The temperature on August 3, 1905 was between 10.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of death October 29, 1961
The temperature on October 29, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
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