1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 5 Range 4, Franklin, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 246A; Image: 496; Family History Library Film: 545720 / Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Northern, Franklin, Illinois; Roll: 301; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1240301 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on April 25, 1869 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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).
February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
Day of marriage September 4, 1887
The temperature on September 4, 1887 was about 14.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death March 22, 1934
The temperature on March 22, 1934 was between 1.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of burial March 24, 1934
The average temperature on March 24, 1934 was 5.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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