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 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.
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.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Day of marriage September 20, 1906
The temperature on September 20, 1906 was between 9.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
Day of death May 19, 1956
The temperature on May 19, 1956 was between 1.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
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