The temperature on July 29, 1869 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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).
May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of marriage May 2, 1890
The temperature on May 2, 1890 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of death January 19, 1954
The temperature on January 19, 1954 was between 2.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
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