The temperature on December 8, 1872 was about 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Day of marriage June 6, 1917
The temperature on June 6, 1917 was between 8.0 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death October 12, 1953
The temperature on October 12, 1953 was between 3.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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