The temperature on January 20, 1874 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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).
March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
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.
August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of marriage February 8, 1902
The temperature on February 8, 1902 was between -5.3 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death January 6, 1953
The temperature on January 6, 1953 was between -5.2 °C and -2.0 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
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