The temperature on May 29, 1871 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
Day of death February 23, 1944
The temperature on February 23, 1944 was between -5 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
March 6 » World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
Day of burial February 25, 1944
The temperature on February 25, 1944 was between -4.8 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
June 16 » In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
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