The temperature on February 19, 1877 was about 6.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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).
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.
May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
Day of marriage August 30, 1918
The temperature on August 30, 1918 was between 4.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of death December 14, 1958
The temperature on December 14, 1958 was between 1.8 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
June 16 » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
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