The temperature on May 19, 1872 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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).
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
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 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
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 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
Day of death September 16, 1957
The temperature on September 16, 1957 was between 8.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
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