The temperature on April 5, 1870 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 23%. 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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Day of death January 17, 1946
The temperature on January 17, 1946 was between -7.1 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
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