The temperature on April 7, 1873 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
Day of marriage July 18, 1904
The temperature on July 18, 1904 was between 10.0 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death December 2, 1947
The temperature on December 2, 1947 was between -2.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
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