The temperature on September 28, 1873 was about 21.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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).
March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
Day of marriage August 31, 1904
The temperature on August 31, 1904 was between 11.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death July 13, 1960
The temperature on July 13, 1960 was between 11.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
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