The temperature on January 7, 1875 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of death February 6, 1957
The temperature on February 6, 1957 was between 4.8 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
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