The temperature on June 22, 1870 was about 25.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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).
January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Day of marriage April 19, 1898
The temperature on April 19, 1898 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Day of death December 2, 1945
The temperature on December 2, 1945 was between 4.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
March 19 » World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USSFranklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
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