The temperature on September 20, 1870 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
Day of marriage November 8, 1894
The temperature on November 8, 1894 was about 8.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death June 21, 1944
The temperature on June 21, 1944 was between 11.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
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