The temperature on January 22, 1875 was about 0.7 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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).
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Day of death May 26, 1935
The temperature on May 26, 1935 was between 12.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
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