The temperature on January 31, 1870 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
Day of marriage July 28, 1894
The temperature on July 28, 1894 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death July 27, 1959
The temperature on July 27, 1959 was between 12.4 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
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