The temperature on December 23, 1871 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
Day of marriage April 11, 1903
The temperature on April 11, 1903 was between 0.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). Source: KNMI
February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
Day of death December 15, 1961
The temperature on December 15, 1961 was between -1.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
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