The temperature on June 17, 1869 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
Day of death September 1, 1943
The temperature on September 1, 1943 was between 10.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
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