The temperature on April 12, 1871 was about 11.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-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.
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.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
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?".
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of marriage May 17, 1894
The temperature on May 17, 1894 was about 23.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death November 12, 1953
The temperature on November 12, 1953 was between 6.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
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