The temperature on August 5, 1873 was about 22.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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).
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
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 October 13, 1898
The temperature on October 13, 1898 was about 9.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of death December 17, 1954
The temperature on December 17, 1954 was between -1.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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