The temperature on November 11, 1870 was about 4.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
Day of marriage May 15, 1900
The temperature on May 15, 1900 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
Day of death August 28, 1946
The temperature on August 28, 1946 was between 7.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
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.
March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
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