The temperature on April 4, 1867 was about 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
Day of marriage July 4, 1906
The temperature on July 4, 1906 was between 12.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
Day of death June 13, 1941
The temperature on June 13, 1941 was between 3.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
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