The temperature on May 18, 1876 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
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.
June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
Day of marriage December 29, 1894
The temperature on December 29, 1894 was about 3.7 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death September 29, 1961
The temperature on September 29, 1961 was between 13.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 15.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
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