The temperature on March 28, 1871 was about 0.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
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.
May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
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 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
Day of death February 26, 1953
The temperature on February 26, 1953 was between -0.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
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