The temperature on December 14, 1872 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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).
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
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 December 6, 1896
The temperature on December 6, 1896 was about 3.0 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of death May 2, 1946
The temperature on May 2, 1946 was between 7.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
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