The temperature on January 11, 1876 was about -13.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
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.
August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
Day of marriage August 20, 1898
The temperature on August 20, 1898 was about 27.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of death July 29, 1962
The temperature on July 29, 1962 was between 5.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
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