The temperature on January 30, 1869 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
Day of marriage February 12, 1896
The temperature on February 12, 1896 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death November 21, 1959
The temperature on November 21, 1959 was between 2.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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