The temperature on August 8, 1871 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
Day of death September 5, 1960
The temperature on September 5, 1960 was between 7.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
June 17 » The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4million for 7million acres (28,000km) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
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