The temperature on March 27, 1873 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%. 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).
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of death January 13, 1959
The temperature on January 13, 1959 was between -2.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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