The temperature on March 2, 1867 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
Day of marriage May 9, 1889
The temperature on May 9, 1889 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death December 10, 1938
The temperature on December 10, 1938 was between 2.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
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