The temperature on December 22, 1876 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
Day of death January 21, 1955
The temperature on January 21, 1955 was between -4.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
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