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).
January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
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.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
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
January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
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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