The temperature on February 29, 1872 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
Day of marriage May 14, 1904
The temperature on May 14, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of death August 15, 1944
The temperature on August 15, 1944 was between 7.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
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