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Birthday June 15, 1867

• The temperature on June 15, 1867 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • 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.
  • June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
  • 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.
  • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint († 1902)
• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)