The temperature on September 22, 1869 was about 15.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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).
May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of marriage November 21, 1893
The temperature on November 21, 1893 was about 0.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of death May 21, 1948
The temperature on May 21, 1948 was between 5.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of burial May 24, 1948
The temperature on May 24, 1948 was between 3.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
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