The temperature on February 22, 1868 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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).
April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
Day of marriage May 18, 1895
The temperature on May 18, 1895 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of death August 30, 1938
The temperature on August 30, 1938 was between 12.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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".
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
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