The temperature on June 13, 1874 was about 13.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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).
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of death July 12, 1958
The temperature on July 12, 1958 was between 12.9 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
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