The temperature on January 10, 1874 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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).
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death January 29, 1961
The temperature on January 29, 1961 was between 4.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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