The temperature on February 9, 1877 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
Day of death December 23, 1967
The temperature on December 23, 1967 was between 8.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 4 » Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
August 8 » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
September 10 » The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
September 11 » China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted a military clashes.
December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
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