The temperature on July 29, 1873 was about 25.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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).
March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
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.
September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
Day of death December 6, 1947
The temperature on December 6, 1947 was between 1.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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