The temperature on February 7, 1876 was about -0.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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).
April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of marriage December 2, 1905
The temperature on December 2, 1905 was between -2.9 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
Day of death April 8, 1945
The temperature on April 8, 1945 was between 2.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
February 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
May 2 » World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
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