The temperature on October 3, 1869 was about 15.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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).
March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Day of marriage January 4, 1912
The temperature on January 4, 1912 was between 7.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Day of death March 30, 1963
The temperature on March 30, 1963 was between 2.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
November 22 » U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
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