The temperature on July 25, 1871 was about 17.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
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.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death July 15, 1934
The temperature on July 15, 1934 was between 8.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
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