The temperature on October 1, 1871 was about 9.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
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.
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.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage May 7, 1896
The temperature on May 7, 1896 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Day of death April 17, 1958
The temperature on April 17, 1958 was between -0.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
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