The temperature on July 8, 1870 was about 26.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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).
May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
Day of death March 17, 1935
The temperature on March 17, 1935 was between 3.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
May 27 » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
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