The temperature on June 22, 1872 was about 19.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death February 14, 1953
The temperature on February 14, 1953 was between -6.0 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
August 12 » The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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