The temperature on December 18, 1872 was about 4.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
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 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
Day of death January 28, 1954
The temperature on January 28, 1954 was between -11.3 °C and -5.0 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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