The temperature on August 4, 1871 was about 18.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
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 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
Day of marriage January 23, 1890
The temperature on January 23, 1890 was about 8.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of death September 18, 1959
The temperature on September 18, 1959 was between 3.5 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
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