The temperature on August 3, 1868 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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).
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).
April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
Day of death December 21, 1926
The temperature on December 21, 1926 was between -0.5 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
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