The temperature on February 9, 1874 was about 1.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
Day of marriage May 2, 1912
The temperature on May 2, 1912 was between -1.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
Day of death January 21, 1946
The temperature on January 21, 1946 was between -3.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
March 19 » French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
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