The temperature on October 7, 1871 was about 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of death July 20, 1952
The temperature on July 20, 1952 was between 12.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
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