The temperature on August 31, 1867 was about 25.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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).
January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
Day of death November 1, 1955
The temperature on November 1, 1955 was between -3.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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