The temperature on April 20, 1872 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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).
January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
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.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
Day of marriage May 3, 1898
The temperature on May 3, 1898 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
Day of death February 21, 1953
The temperature on February 21, 1953 was between 5.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
August 12 » The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
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