The temperature on September 29, 1872 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
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 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.
November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
Day of marriage October 27, 1899
The temperature on October 27, 1899 was about 10.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of death June 5, 1962
The temperature on June 5, 1962 was between 4.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
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