The temperature on October 3, 1868 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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).
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).
April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
Day of marriage October 31, 1906
The temperature on October 31, 1906 was between 3.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
Day of death April 17, 1962
The temperature on April 17, 1962 was between 1.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
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