The temperature on February 10, 1887 was about -1.3 °C. The air pressure was 44 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death March 26, 1973
The temperature on March 26, 1973 was between -0.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
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