The temperature on February 17, 1873 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 78 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
Day of death February 12, 1952
The temperature on February 12, 1952 was between -3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
April 9 » Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
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