The temperature on February 1, 1870 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
Day of marriage December 16, 1911
The temperature on December 16, 1911 was between 2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death July 19, 1954
The temperature on July 19, 1954 was between 6.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
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