The temperature on January 25, 1873 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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).
February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
Day of death October 19, 1937
The temperature on October 19, 1937 was between 4.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
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