The temperature on April 2, 1868 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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).
January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
Day of marriage February 25, 1899
The temperature on February 25, 1899 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death November 3, 1950
The temperature on November 3, 1950 was between 4.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 25.7 mm of rain during 15.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
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