The temperature on December 17, 1870 was about 6.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
Day of marriage October 27, 1911
The temperature on October 27, 1911 was between 6.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death September 28, 1957
The temperature on September 28, 1957 was between 11.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Day of burial October 1, 1957
The temperature on October 1, 1957 was between 2.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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