The temperature on August 2, 1875 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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).
February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Day of marriage August 18, 1921
The temperature on August 18, 1921 was between 9.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
Day of death November 23, 1954
The temperature on November 23, 1954 was between 4.6 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
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