The temperature on June 5, 1870 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
Day of marriage April 24, 1902
The temperature on April 24, 1902 was between 2.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). Source: KNMI
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death February 11, 1935
The temperature on February 11, 1935 was between -2.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
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