The temperature on December 20, 1870 was about -2.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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).
February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
Day of marriage December 2, 1915
The temperature on December 2, 1915 was between 3.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
Day of death March 20, 1958
The temperature on March 20, 1958 was between -3.0 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
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