The temperature on March 2, 1877 was about -0.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
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.
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.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of marriage September 22, 1901
The temperature on September 22, 1901 was between 9.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (57%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death October 2, 1956
The temperature on October 2, 1956 was between 12.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
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