The temperature on May 14, 1875 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
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.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage May 15, 1901
The temperature on May 15, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%). Source: KNMI
February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of death February 24, 1963
The temperature on February 24, 1963 was between -14.1 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -6.3 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
February 27 » The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
April 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
June 17 » The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
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