The temperature on November 3, 1867 was about 8.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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).
January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
Day of marriage May 11, 1907
The temperature on May 11, 1907 was between 10.7 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of death December 4, 1946
The temperature on December 4, 1946 was between 0.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
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