The temperature on May 8, 1872 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Day of marriage January 31, 1894
The temperature on January 31, 1894 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Day of death August 16, 1944
The temperature on August 16, 1944 was between 10.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
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