The temperature on June 8, 1869 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
Day of marriage May 1, 1897
The temperature on May 1, 1897 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of death February 27, 1946
The temperature on February 27, 1946 was between -4.9 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
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