The temperature on September 2, 1873 was about 18.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
Day of death March 16, 1940
The temperature on March 16, 1940 was between -0.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
April 14 » World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
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