The temperature on January 2, 1876 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
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.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
Day of death July 29, 1955
The temperature on July 29, 1955 was between 14.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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