The temperature on March 4, 1872 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
Day of marriage April 30, 1913
The temperature on April 30, 1913 was between 10.6 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
Day of death January 12, 1963
The temperature on January 12, 1963 was between -13.2 °C and -7.0 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
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