The temperature on May 17, 1874 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
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 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
Day of marriage May 7, 1904
The temperature on May 7, 1904 was between 4.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of death February 24, 1965
The temperature on February 24, 1965 was between -3.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 28 » United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
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