The temperature on February 26, 1873 was about 7.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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).
March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of marriage May 6, 1896
The temperature on May 6, 1896 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Day of death August 8, 1947
The temperature on August 8, 1947 was between 10.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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