The temperature on December 22, 1876 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
Day of death September 21, 1947
The temperature on September 21, 1947 was between 12.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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