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May 24, 1872
- The temperature on May 24, 1872 was about 16.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
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- April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- 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.
- June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
- November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
July 15, 1898
- The temperature on July 15, 1898 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
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- February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
- June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
- September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.