The temperature on April 23, 1872 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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).
January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
Day of marriage February 12, 1898
The temperature on February 12, 1898 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
Day of death April 1, 1958
The temperature on April 1, 1958 was between -1.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
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