The temperature on August 5, 1873 was about 22.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
Day of death August 6, 1958
The temperature on August 6, 1958 was between 8.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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