The temperature on December 15, 1870 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
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.
October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
Day of marriage June 27, 1896
The temperature on June 27, 1896 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of death February 23, 1938
The temperature on February 23, 1938 was between -1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
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