The temperature on August 26, 1870 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 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 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
Day of death May 24, 1947
The temperature on May 24, 1947 was between 9.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
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