The temperature on November 4, 1870 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
Day of death August 15, 1937
The temperature on August 15, 1937 was between 12.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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