The temperature on September 28, 1872 was about 12.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
Day of marriage August 19, 1915
The temperature on August 19, 1915 was between 11.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
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