The temperature on February 23, 1870 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of death December 1, 1959
The temperature on December 1, 1959 was between 0.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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