The temperature on October 19, 1874 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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).
May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of marriage June 29, 1904
The temperature on June 29, 1904 was between 5.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
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