The temperature on June 2, 1869 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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).
April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of death February 1, 1956
The temperature on February 1, 1956 was between -15.7 °C and -11.2 °C and averaged -14.0 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
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