The temperature on February 1, 1868 was about 9.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 70 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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).
February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
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 November 12, 1890
The temperature on November 12, 1890 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
Day of death June 17, 1953
The temperature on June 17, 1953 was between 10.8 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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