The temperature on October 31, 1876 was about 4.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of marriage May 22, 1903
The temperature on May 22, 1903 was between 7.2 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (90%). Source: KNMI
January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death March 17, 1947
The temperature on March 17, 1947 was between 4.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
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