The temperature on December 5, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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).
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
Day of marriage November 23, 1911
The temperature on November 23, 1911 was between -0.7 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death October 4, 1947
The temperature on October 4, 1947 was between 1.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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