The temperature on February 17, 1870 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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).
January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
Day of death April 2, 1943
The temperature on April 2, 1943 was between 2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
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