The temperature on June 14, 1877 was about 14.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
Day of marriage May 9, 1903
The temperature on May 9, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). Source: KNMI
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death December 20, 1957
The temperature on December 20, 1957 was between 3.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
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