The temperature on May 15, 1871 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
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.
July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death November 16, 1942
The temperature on November 16, 1942 was between 2.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
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