The temperature on July 8, 1870 was about 26.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
Day of death January 31, 1937
The temperature on January 31, 1937 was between 1.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
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