The temperature on March 31, 1870 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
Day of death February 17, 1958
The temperature on February 17, 1958 was between -0.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
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