The temperature on September 15, 1868 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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).
February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
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.
August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
Day of marriage January 4, 1917
The temperature on January 4, 1917 was between 4.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of death October 21, 1944
The temperature on October 21, 1944 was between 5.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
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