The temperature on July 28, 1871 was about 15.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
Day of marriage April 15, 1896
The temperature on April 15, 1896 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of death January 18, 1947
The temperature on January 18, 1947 was between 0.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
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