The temperature on February 8, 1872 was about 9.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
Day of death October 21, 1964
The temperature on October 21, 1964 was between 0.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
April 26 » Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
July 31 » Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
Day of cremation October 23, 1964
The temperature on October 23, 1964 was between 1.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 31.3 mm of rain during 13.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
December 1 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
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