The temperature on August 17, 1877 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of marriage May 10, 1902
The temperature on May 10, 1902 was between 2.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death February 22, 1957
The temperature on February 22, 1957 was between -2.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
September 24 » President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
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