The temperature on January 30, 1874 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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).
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
Day of marriage July 4, 1900
The temperature on July 4, 1900 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death August 6, 1943
The temperature on August 6, 1943 was between 9.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
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