The temperature on May 21, 1868 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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).
March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
Day of death September 18, 1942
The temperature on September 18, 1942 was between 10.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
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