The temperature on October 16, 1870 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. 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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
Day of marriage May 12, 1898
The temperature on May 12, 1898 was about 8.2 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
Day of death January 1, 1947
The temperature on January 1, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
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