The temperature on February 7, 1870 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Day of death April 6, 1965
The temperature on April 6, 1965 was between 5.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
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