The temperature on December 25, 1875 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage May 31, 1911
The temperature on May 31, 1911 was between 14.1 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death September 16, 1957
The temperature on September 16, 1957 was between 8.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
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