The temperature on August 18, 1876 was about 28.8 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 25%. 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.
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.
May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Day of death October 27, 1949
The temperature on October 27, 1949 was between 3.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
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