The temperature on July 12, 1869 was about 28.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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).
March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
Day of marriage May 5, 1892
The temperature on May 5, 1892 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
Day of death October 17, 1952
The temperature on October 17, 1952 was between -0.1 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
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