The temperature on December 23, 1873 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
Day of death April 2, 1962
The temperature on April 2, 1962 was between 3.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
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