The temperature on May 23, 1870 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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).
January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
Day of marriage February 23, 1927
The temperature on February 23, 1927 was between 3.7 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of death December 14, 1957
The temperature on December 14, 1957 was between -0.4 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 15.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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