The temperature on August 23, 1873 was about 15.2 °C. There was 6 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 94%. 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.
May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
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.
September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
Day of marriage September 8, 1898
The temperature on September 8, 1898 was about 30.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. Source: KNMI
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death March 29, 1930
The temperature on March 29, 1930 was between 4.5 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
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