The temperature on July 22, 1872 was about 30.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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).
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Day of marriage July 14, 1900
The temperature on July 14, 1900 was about 20.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
Day of death February 10, 1965
The temperature on February 10, 1965 was between 0.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
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