The temperature on October 8, 1873 was about 7.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of marriage May 15, 1904
The temperature on May 15, 1904 was between 6.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Day of death April 16, 1927
The temperature on April 16, 1927 was between 2.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
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