The temperature on June 26, 1873 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of marriage May 31, 1906
The temperature on May 31, 1906 was between 9.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death December 5, 1957
The temperature on December 5, 1957 was between 3.0 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
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