The temperature on May 3, 1869 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Day of death September 23, 1935
The temperature on September 23, 1935 was between 8.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
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