The temperature on March 8, 1868 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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).
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 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
Day of marriage May 18, 1889
The temperature on May 18, 1889 was about 14.8 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of death March 7, 1936
The temperature on March 7, 1936 was between -2.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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