The temperature on May 3, 1868 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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).
January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
Day of marriage May 17, 1895
The temperature on May 17, 1895 was about 7.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of death November 17, 1938
The temperature on November 17, 1938 was between 2.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
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