The temperature on January 24, 1876 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
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.
August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of marriage May 13, 1911
The temperature on May 13, 1911 was between 11.4 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death March 3, 1942
The temperature on March 3, 1942 was between -2.9 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
September 20 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
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