The temperature on June 19, 1873 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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).
February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of marriage May 3, 1895
The temperature on May 3, 1895 was about 7.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
Day of death February 20, 1960
The temperature on February 20, 1960 was between -1.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
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