The temperature on June 7, 1873 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
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 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
Day of marriage May 2, 1908
The temperature on May 2, 1908 was between 8.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of death January 18, 1958
The temperature on January 18, 1958 was between 0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
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