The temperature on March 2, 1871 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage January 17, 1890
The temperature on January 17, 1890 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of death August 18, 1942
The temperature on August 18, 1942 was between 14.0 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
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