The temperature on July 30, 1872 was about 21.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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).
March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
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 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
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.
Day of marriage May 2, 1901
The temperature on May 2, 1901 was between 2.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of death March 19, 1921
The temperature on March 19, 1921 was between 0.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
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