The temperature on April 27, 1867 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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).
February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
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.
July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
Day of marriage May 31, 1893
The temperature on May 31, 1893 was about 8.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of death June 8, 1933
The temperature on June 8, 1933 was between 11.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 6 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
October 19 » Konstantin von Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations.
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