The temperature on February 1, 1873 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. 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).
April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
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.
Day of marriage April 28, 1906
The temperature on April 28, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death April 12, 1966
The temperature on April 12, 1966 was between 3.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
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