The temperature on April 16, 1872 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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).
March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
Day of marriage June 9, 1894
The temperature on June 9, 1894 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Day of death February 26, 1961
The temperature on February 26, 1961 was between 5.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
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