Alternative names: Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits, Christina Smits
There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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).
January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
Day of marriage October 2, 1897
The temperature on October 2, 1897 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death March 2, 1962
The temperature on March 2, 1962 was between -3.7 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
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