The temperature on October 19, 1870 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death March 14, 1947
The temperature on March 14, 1947 was between -2.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
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.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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